Indoor golf game



.Sept l, 1925. 1,552,183

. E. T. wRlGH-r l INDOOR GOLF GAME Filed sept. 10. 1925 Patented Sept.l, 1925..

UNITED kSTATES EDWARD -'.l.. WRIGHT, OF RIVER FOREST, ILLINOIS.

INDOOR GOLF GAME.

Application led September 10, 1923. Serial No. 661,871.

To all 'whom it mag/concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD T. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United: States,and resident of River Forest, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in anIndoor-Golf ,y

Game,'of which the following is a specification.

inventionrelates to games and more. partlcularly to -a golf game'adaptedto be.

played indoors and which includes the actualstriking of a captive ballin the same Vvmanner as though the `game .were being played outdoors inthe usual manner.

c In order Lthat the desired result may be secured in the mostadvantageous manner, I utilize a'device known as a golf meter which,through the use of suitable mechanism and a captive ball, enables aplayer to exert actual striking force against a ball, thev distanceacquired as the result of such force being registered by the mechanism.

Correlated With a ldevice such as described'is a topographical chart bymeans of which a portion of a golf course, preferably one hole, isillustrated in detail, with the usual hazards positioned as in moderngolf course construction.' Incertain uses to whichthe invention may beput, a series of suchl charts, each illustrating .one hole Vof somewellknown golf course, are each associated with a golf meter, and Vtheseholes.

will be played successively in the usual manner. Such use of theinvention is more particularly intended for golf schools or publicplaces where the Arelatively large eXpenditure may bel compensated forby income derived from players., For private use a single.

golf meter may be employed an-d a plurality of charts representingdifferent holes of a golf course `may successively be displayed inproper relation to the distance-acquiring machine. Y y

In addition to the scoring device, means will be provided for actualputting of a ball into a4 hole on the greenv after the players ballhas'reached the green, as indicated bythe chart and scoring devices. Afurther development and amplification ofthe idea includes the provisionofsand bunkers out of the trap orsand bunkers may be in.- c

The` i dicated by the bunkers.

a calibrated screen adjacent to` The invention will be morereadilyunderstood by reference to the accompaying drawings, wherein,

vice and a pictorial represent-ationl of a portion of a golf course;

Fig. 2 isa perspective view of a golf meter, and, .A Fig. vSis aperspective view of a portion of The golf meter ing no part ofymyinvention and being of well known form, ,will not. be described indetail. It isl sufficient to say, however, that it includes a captivegolf ball 10, attached by a iexible wire 1l, to an arm 12, adapted torotate around a standard 13, the rotationsy following the travel of theball after `being struck being recorded or registered by means of thedial 14, and pointer 15. The -dial 14, is suitably calibrated in orderthat approximately .the exact distance which would be acquired undernormal conditions on an outdoor course, is registered when the ball 10Iis correspondingly struck. v

The novel part of my invention includes a chart 16, which may be in the'form of a ypictorial representation of one hole of a golf course. Thischart is superposed on the panelmounted in a suitable frame locatedadjacent to the golf meter.V The chart will indicate'a tee 17 fairways18, a green 19, and hazards, such as water 20, traps 21, etc. The coursethus outlined" is'graduated by a yardage scale, Aas indicated at 22, andlocated directly `beneath said-scale are a series vof markers 28, fourseries being shown in order to accommodate four players, as iscustomary. Eachof these markers is preferably of a thicknesscorrespondingto a unit of measurement of the graduated scale, in thisinstance each marker corresponding to a ten yard distance. The markersare slidable on a wire 24, in the manner of billiard markers. In orderto register the digits intervening between the ten yard markers, I.provide supplemental markers 25, located at one side of and preferablyin line with .the markers 23. At another side I provide markers 26, bymeans of which thev total number of strokes taken by a player may berecorded.

r*In* laying out the topographical chart by Fig. 1 is an elevation ofthe scoring de lillustrated in 2, formf l means of which the particularhole being :will be colored yellow, representing sand,

and the markers corresponding thereto will likewisey be yellow.

In addition, in order to complete the simulation of an outdoor game,provide a putting green A27, having a device 428, corresponding `in sizeto' a hole'.` This green which may be a carpet, vwill be calibrated inorderrto indicate yardage, Vas indicated by the scale 29, so that thedistance vnecessary ltobe puttedby the playerto Vsinlr a ball-may beactually played. This vdistance will be determined by .the position ofthe ball as shown by the'.yitrdage'markersv .The game as described isplayed asiollows: The markers 23, 25, 26 are all shifted to thel extremeri ht, as viewed in Fig. 1.

The first player. tien positions the captive ball 41'0, selects adesired club, such as a driver, and strikes the ball. The distanceacquired, as indicated by the pointer 15,

l say 195 yards, isV indicated by moving nineteen of the marlrers23, ofthe iirst string to the lel't. In addition ive'of the markers .25 @f a@tra .String will be, weer@ the left The players ,one ,Sti-"Oke Will als@be indicated moving'V one of the markers 26 of the tirststringfto theleft. :The .players ball 'Vis Vthenelforepositloned' the fairway 18,short of the trap 251', Athe positiono'n the fairway"beingfindicated'the position of the II1arlerV directly beneath the lsame.` 'Thesuccessive players follow, recording their yardage in a similar manner.Thisis continued untilthemch'art Vindicates the arrival of the playeifsball on theV ,Ofre'enk 19, the distance from' the ra ben'sindatsd' bythe markers. Thereafter the player plays Vhis. ball the green acorrespondilis distese@ fio'm theph ad'rutts toward the hole 28. It willbe understood that the Vdigit counters 25 are used only' for the purposeofl accounting for the yardage intervening between the tensindicated'by'the markers23 and that when ten markers 25 markers 23- Y1,11Y he Preferred'embedment 0f ,the invention a difeient Charta-11d-'Seres Of markers will be provided for each hole'to be played and thedelineation willY accurately follow well known or actual golf courses.

i' This involves in an' eighteen hole course a corresponding number ofthe devices illustrated rvin the drawings. lFor Aprivate use, however,

arefaccumulated, Ione willbekadded to theV a single golf meter and ascoring device may be provided,the different holes being represented bycharts which may be changed as successive holes are played.

Obviously the construction is of such a nature that it is capable ofquite wide variations -and elaboration, and modifications will readilysuggest themselves to players.V I do not wish'to be limited other thanas indicated in the lappended claims.

I claim:

l. In combination, means including acaptive `golf ball for registeringthe actual distance-acquiring force applied to thev ball, atopographical chart of a golf hole with .which theaforesaid `distancesmay be correlated, and counters by'meansof which the accumulateddistances and strokes may be recorded. f y 2. In'combination, meansincluding a captive golf ball for registering the'actualdistance-acquiring force applied to lthe ball, a plurality of differenttopographicalcharts each showing ,one h'ole'ot agolf course and withwhich chartsin succession athe aforesaid distances may 'be correlated,and counters by means of which the accumulated ,distances and strokesmay be registered.

In combination, means including a captive golf ball for registering theactual dis-A tance-acquiring force applied to Athe ball, a topographicalchart of. a goli1 hole with which the aforesaid distancesmay becorrelated, counters Vby means of which the accumulated distances andstro-liesy may be recorded, anda greenvover which a ball is projectedtoward the lflag after reaching the greenas indicateldbysaid chart.

In combination of ilneans registerf ing the 'actual'A1distanrce-acquiring force ap.- plied'to l'golf balhatopographical'chart of @s0-1f 1,1616 restated t@ eflisate distances and countersypositioned adjacentto Asaid chart, a unit of j veasurement on thegra-dw ated distance sca ect said chartcorresponding'to the spaceoccupied by V,one of said markers whereby the position of a players ballindicated ,the accumulated'marlo kconfibinationof a 4device including acaptive golf ball yfor registering the distance acquired by the strikingof said ball With a golf club, a chart on which a portion of a golfcourse is visually delineated, the distance being indicated bygraduations on said chart, and a series of markers arranged adjacent andparallel to said chart, said markers indicating actual yardage acquiredon said device and also indicating the corresponding position 'of theball on said chart.

7. In an indoor golf playing device, the combination of means includinga captive golf ball for registeringthe actual distance-l acquiring orceapplied to said ball, a topographical outline of a portion of a golfcourse,` a series of markers located adjacent ,toV said chart, saidmarkers indicating the accumulated distance acquired as indicated bysaid distance-acquiring device, showing also the position of the ball onthe course relative to said chart, and means for putting an actual ballon a green after the player has reached the green7 as indicated by thescoring device and said chart.

signed at chicago, nunoiaus 29th day,

of August, 1923.

EDWARD T, WRIGHT.

